Friday Craft: Creature Bookmarks



Hey guys! It's been a while! I've been so busy starting the year in a grade 5... And making crafts, of course! Early in the year, i decided that every last period on Friday afternoon would be a "free period". I don't wanna teach and the kids are tired too! So I've started organizing Friday Crafts. The kids can do them if they want, or play a game or whatever. But let me tell you, these are crazy popular! It's also a nice challenge for me finding crafts for older kids (I'm used to preschool)!


One of our first Friday crafts was these origami creature bookmarks. I found the instructions on Pinterest and loved them instantly! So easy  to make and a HUGE hit. I think one girl made 10! Haha!

 
My little fox! (We had listened to what does the Fox say?)


        Materials
  ➼ colored paper or thin construction paper
  ➼ white printer paper
  ➼ black sharpies
  ➼ glue
  ➼ scissors


       Instructions found here

You can make them all different!

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City Map...with tape!

I've been spending my summer in a pre-kindergarten program, getting 3 & 4 year olds all ready for September with some half days of school! I'm looking forward to upcoming my weeks off, (2 weeks to go) but I'm having lots of fun with these cuties!

We have a BUNCH of blocks for building in the classroom, so I wanted to create something to encourage the kids to try different things out. I found this amazing idea on Pinterest: making "streets" out of tape so that the kids can add buildings all around! They got it right away, and started to trace the lines with their fingers! Awesome and crazy cheap. I used fun red tape, but green painters tape would work as well! 


Masking tape streets on a table!
Now some added buildings with wooden blocks!

One kid even started sorting the blocks by color Awesome!

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Sunprints!

Yesterday, we had an epic craft/science afternoon in grade 5. We made sunprints and the kids loved it. I used to do this activity all the time when I worked at the Canadian museum of contemporary photography and it was always a big hit. The scientific name for it is cyanotype, but it's basically special paper treated with a UV light sensitive material. It makes a print of whatever you put on it, exposing the paper that isn't covered (which is very similar to a negative film). You can purchase the paper on this website and it's so worth it! For young and old! :)

Check out the complete instructions here

Sooooooo many different compositions! WOW!
This student even cut out his favorite video game character! Awesome!

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Shrink Art Creations!

Hey there! We've been crafting up a storm at school this past week. The kids are all done their work for the year so I've been bringing in all my special craft supplies! The kids LOVED this project. They got to find their favorite stuff on the internet and then trace it onto their piece of Shrink Art! We had everything from kawaii cupcakes, kitties to FIFA soccer balls. Then, we added a little string and a key-ring and turned them into keychains after! Hooray!

Materials: coloring pencils, black sharpie, scissors, key-rings, hole puncher and Shrink Art (or Shrinky Dinky, found at you local craft store).


Instructions:
① Draw your image on the rough side of your Shrink Art piece. It's it transparent, place your favorite image underneath and trace it!
② Trace the outline with a black sharpie.
③ Cut your shape out and punch a hole. *Don't forget this step. It'll be impossible to do once it's shrunken and thicker.
④ Bake at 325°F for 30 seconds or until completely shrunken.
⑤ String it onto a key-ring and voila! You're done!

You can also check out these older post on Shrink Art: Hand Keychains and Necklaces!

All the awesome creations! Look at these little creative geniuses!

Before it gets shrunken! Amazing!

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DIY Hamburger Card!

Hey there! It's Sunday morning and it also happens to be Father's Day so why not get my craft on?! I let summertime and BBQs inspire me for these handmade cards. I even did this fun card with the kids at work too and they loved it! Some made extra cheesy-cheeseburgers and a some made burgers with 3 patties! Awesome!

Materials
✂ Colored car stock (red, orange, yellow, brown and green)
✂ Glue
✂ Scissors 
✂ Googgly eyes 



Perfectly paired with giftcards for Dad's favorite things!

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Floating Birds Card

Hi there! It's been a rainy day over here... Perfect for crafts! So I made a bunch of cards today! Yay! I even made a (French) Mother's Day card for my mama and i intend to make the same craft with my students this week, complete with bird outlines to print! Now adorable bird or cute owl? I love these little guys holding up balloons! How to choose?!

Materials
 ❀ Colored cardboard 
 ❀ Scissors
 ❀ Glue 
 ❀ Thin black marker
 ❀ Bird outline


Little blue bird

And owl too! Look at the little guys floating away!
Printable bird file!

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Easter Collage Bookmarks

Hi there! Happy Easter! For the past month I've been supplying in a grade 5 and we haven't been crafting too much... More like lots of Math and French! However, with Easter being this weekend, I decided we were in need of a fun crafty afternoon before the long weekend! So I found a bunch of vintage easter images on the web and photocopied them onto colored paper. I brought in some fun patterned paper and we made bookmarks on little strips of bristol board! We even sealed the collage with plain old packing tape! Success!

Materials
  ✄ bristol board 2" x 8" strips
  ✄ Easter images (see below)
  ✄ colored paper
  ✄ patterned paper
  ✄ scissors
  ✄ glue
  ✄ hole punch
  ✄ ribbon

Vintage Easter images to print:

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